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Drachm
| Issuer | Ashkelon |
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| Year | 450 BC - 333 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of a female deity facing right, rendered in the Greco-Persian style with a distinctly oriental coiffure comprising elaborately layered and striated hair bound at the nape. The facial features are finely modelled in relief, with a pronounced profile characteristic of late Achaemenid-period Philistian coinage. The field is otherwise plain, with no legend or additional devices. |
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| Reverse description | Athenian-style owl standing facing with wings fully spread, executed in high relief within a recessed incuse square. A faint Phoenician aleph and nun inscription appears to the upper left of the owl, and a dolphin device is placed to the upper right. The composition reflects the strong Athenian monetary influence prevalent in Philistian and Phoenician coinage of the fifth and fourth centuries BC. |
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| Reverse lettering | 𐤀𐤍 |
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